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O-LevelAccountingSources and recording of data7707/21 · Oct/Nov 2013 · Q126 Marks

Mary buys goods on credit from Kim. Mary receives 14% trade discount on all purchases and takes advantage of the 5% cash discount offered for payment within 14 days. The following information is available: 2013 June 1 Mary owed Kim $680 for goods purchased on 29 May 2013. June 4 Kim sold goods to Mary, list price $800. June 5 Mary sent Kim a cheque for the balance owing on 1 June. June 8 Mary returned goods purchased on 4 June, list price $100, to Kim. June 28 Kim sold further goods to Mary, list price $300. June 29 Kim received a cheque from Mary for goods purchased on 4 June. June 30 Mary received details from Kim of her transactions during the month. REQUIRED

  1. (a)Name the document and book of prime entry used by Kim on the dates below: Date 4 June 8 June Business document Book of prime entry[4]
  2. (b)State the name of the document Mary received on 30 June.[2]
  3. (c)Write up the ledger account of Mary in Kim's books. Balance the account and bring down the balance on 1 July 2013. Mary account[10]
  4. (d)Indicate with a tick (✓) the ledger in which the following accounts would appear. The first item has been completed as an example. Account Sales Drawings Kline Ltd (Supplier) Millar and Son (Customer) Insurance Sales ledger Purchase ledger General ledger ✓[4]
  5. (e)State three advantages of a computerised system of accounting. 1 2 3[6]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2013). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) 4 June: Invoice
  2. [1] (a) 4 June: Sales journal
  3. [1] (a) 8 June: Credit note
  4. [1] (a) 8 June: Sales returns journal
  5. [2] (b) Statement of account
  6. [1] (c) June 1 Balance b/d 680
  7. [1] (c) June 4 Sales 688
  8. [1] (c) June 28 Sales 258
  9. [1] (c) June 5 Bank 646
  10. [1] (c) June 5 Discount allowed 34
  11. [1] (c) June 8 Sales returns 86
  12. [1] (c) June 29 Bank 602
  13. [1] (c) June 30 Balance c/d 258
  14. [1] (c) July 1 Balance b/d 258 (of)
  15. [1] (c) Mark for figure and detail. Plus one mark awarded for dates.
  16. [1] (d) Sales: GIVEN
  17. [1] (d) Drawings: General ledger
  18. [1] (d) Kline Ltd (Supplier): Purchase ledger
  19. [1] (d) Millar and Son (Customer): Sales ledger
  20. [1] (d) Insurance: General ledger
  21. [2] (e) Accuracy
  22. [2] (e) speed of processing information
  23. [2] (e) ability to process high volumes of information
  24. [2] (e) performs reconciliation statements
  25. [2] (e) less capacity of information storage required
  26. [2] (e) security
  27. [2] (e) balances available at all times
  28. [6] (e) Max 6

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Topic
Sources and recording of data, O-Level Accounting (syllabus 7707). Structured question, 26 marks.
Source
O-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2013 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 1.

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